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23 I will send ·diseases [a plague/pestilence] to Sidon,
    and blood will flow in her streets.
·Those who are wounded [or The slain] ·in Sidon will fall dead [L will fall in her midst],
    ·attacked from [L by the sword against it on] all sides.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

God Will Help Israel

24 “‘No more will neighboring nations be like ·thorny branches [prickling briars] or sharp ·stickers [thorns] to ·hurt [L treat with contempt/scorn the house of] Israel. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

25 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will gather the ·people [L house] of Israel from the nations where they are scattered. I will show my holiness ·when the nations see what I do for my people [L in them in the sight of the nations]. Then they will live in their own land—the land I gave to my servant Jacob.

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23 I will send a plague upon you
    and make blood flow in your streets.
The slain will fall within you,
    with the sword against you on every side.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.(A)

24 “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.(B) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(C) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(D) I will be proved holy(E) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(F)

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